You have to use and IF function and two VLOOKUPS. E.g.,

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(....)),0,VLOOKUP(...))

This tests VLOOKUP for NA. If it is NA, the formula returns a 0.
If it is not an NA, it calls VLOOKUP(...) again to get the
result. The obvious disadvantage of this approach is that you're
typically calling VLOOKUP twice.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"ray500"
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Hi,

I am a newbie to Excel programming and would like to know asap
how to
have on all formulas where I get '#N/A's to the number 0. The
problem
with this is that these N/As are screwing up totals and my boss
would
like to put just 0s. Most of the N/As come from most formulas
dealing
with VLOOKUP such as this formula:
=VLOOKUP(TRIM($B43&$D43),PLUTCommCatPTDyn,8,0)

Can somebody give me the syntax so that when I get a n/a, it
will
default to 0, otherwise let the formula display the legitamate
value is
comes up with. My boss needs this by the end of the day, so
any quick
help is really appreciated. Thanks.


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